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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' W. F. Eisenberg |
'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | ||
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' February 14, 1969 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Lubbock, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' Jim Skaggs |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' 1 hour, 15 minutes |
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'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | ||
| − | + | Ellwood, | |
| + | Working with the Ellwoods at DeKalb, Kansas (1910), | ||
| + | Investments and ranching, | ||
| + | Farms, | ||
| + | Other barbed wire manufacturers, | ||
| + | Discussion of W. L. Ellwood, | ||
| + | Ranching, | ||
| + | Real estate, | ||
| + | Dust Bowl and Depression (1930s), | ||
| + | Foreclosures, | ||
| + | Ellwood's losses in the Spade colonization, | ||
| + | Land financing, | ||
| + | Ropesville Resettlement Project, | ||
| + | Ellwood family, | ||
| + | Business records, | ||
| + | Ending of Depression and Dust Bowl, | ||
| + | Current company holdings, | ||
| + | Ranches involved in company - land, | ||
| + | Reminiscences about Lubbock, Texas, | ||
| + | Ellwood's involvement in Lubbock, | ||
| + | Work at the Spade and Renderbrook ranches, | ||
| + | Oil production, | ||
| + | Ranching reminiscences, | ||
| + | Cattle breeds, | ||
| + | Water, | ||
| + | Land, | ||
| + | Filing system | ||
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | ||
| − | + | Company records, | |
| + | Ellwood's Spade and Renderbrook ranch records, | ||
| + | Early Spade and Renderbrook ranches' histories and management, | ||
| + | Value of old records, | ||
| + | Excess acreage problem | ||
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| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' 1910-1969 |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1910-1930s |
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Latest revision as of 14:25, 19 June 2019
W. F. Eisenberg describes work with Isaac Ellwood, one of the inventors of barbed wire, and Ellwood’s sons in managing the Spade and Renderbrook ranches and other businesses.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: W. F. Eisenberg
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: February 14, 1969
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Jim Skaggs
Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Ellwood,
Working with the Ellwoods at DeKalb, Kansas (1910),
Investments and ranching,
Farms,
Other barbed wire manufacturers,
Discussion of W. L. Ellwood,
Ranching,
Real estate,
Dust Bowl and Depression (1930s),
Foreclosures,
Ellwood's losses in the Spade colonization,
Land financing,
Ropesville Resettlement Project,
Ellwood family,
Business records,
Ending of Depression and Dust Bowl,
Current company holdings,
Ranches involved in company - land,
Reminiscences about Lubbock, Texas,
Ellwood's involvement in Lubbock,
Work at the Spade and Renderbrook ranches,
Oil production,
Ranching reminiscences,
Cattle breeds,
Water,
Land,
Filing system
Tape 1, Side 2:
Company records,
Ellwood's Spade and Renderbrook ranch records,
Early Spade and Renderbrook ranches' histories and management,
Value of old records,
Excess acreage problem
Range Dates: 1910-1969
Bulk Dates: 1910-1930s
Access Information
Original Recording Format:
Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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